Spring! onion, wild garlic and turkey burger. Or how to cheat…

15. April 2013

your men into eating vegetables…

Do you miss winter?The black cold whole?Spring is here. I don´t know about you, but in a way I am so angry about the long winter that I´m inclined to ignore spring. I am now used to and feel comfortable with hibernating. With sulking, being grumpy. I want to wear shapeless clothes. Let myself go. Not paint my toenails, or work on a bikini figure. Fight cellulite. Shave my legs. Or any of those tedious things which annoying summer brings.But apparently winter’s to return. In two days.Thank god I didn’t work myself up with hoping summer would come. No expectations ruined. Hurray.

Just in case you’re a more disciplined person than me and you still have faith in the seasons:Be prepared. Be prepared for shockingly fresh local herbs appearing in the markets, for something bright and blinding appearing on the sky (it’s called sun, by the way), for having to take your thick coats and jumpers off, for having to show that you`re not a turtle with short legs and no neck, but that you have human shape after all. Sounds threatening?Yes. I know it’s awful, but it might actually happenen and before we all let fear rule our lifes we need to shield ourselves against light and warmth, this awful thing called summer…

Fresh Mint? Terrible…

Wild Garlic? Threatening!

Grated Courgette? I am overdoing it? You think?

SPRING onions? Terrible word.

It´s getting worse with each picture. You must stop here! Before I can write things like”creme fraiche”.

That’s better… That’s what we’re used to…

That´s better too. Not too many dodgy Vitamins showing.

Turkey burgers with a lot of threatening erbs.

& Creme Fraiche sauce.

(It is called “fresh”! don´t make me feel like that!)

150 g greek yoghurt

100 g creme FRAICHE

1tsp grated lemon zest

juice of half a lemon

a handful of wild garlic (also called bear leek..) chopped

2 tbsp olive oil (which I forgot)

1 tbsp sumac

salt

freshly crushed black pepper

Stir all ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.

500 g minced turkey

1 large courgette, grated (use Parmesan grater)

40g Spring onions

1 egg

2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped

2 tbsp coriander, chopped

5 tbsp wild garlic, chopped

1 tbsp ground cumin

salt

pepper

1/2 tbsp cayenne

sunflower oil for searing

Mix all ingredients (but the oil!) a a large bowl than shape into NICE (I so hate the word, goes nicely with “summer”!) burgers. Fry burgers over medium heat till golden brown.

Serve at room temperature with sauce spooned over.

This recipe is is adopted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s “Jerusalem”. The best cook book I have ever encountered. It even beats all his previous ones, which also were the best cookbooks I had ever encountered.

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Gabriele Spangenberg is a character from the belgian Cartoon series "Michel Vaillant".
The „Team Vaillant“ is the most epic and successful racing team in the history of mankind.
Part of this team is a german Lady called Gabriele Spangenberg. This is so close to my own name, her racing passion and background so similar to my own that it is just to good to be true.
I started this blog as a cooking and racing diary in 2010. Because there wasn‘t a person left around me who was prepared to hear about cars anymore.
The only time I don't talk about cars is when I race them. In Racing there is no place for talking. A little swearing perhaps, but no talking. The only other time I don't talk about cars is when I cook. When I started Mealsandwheels three years ago, I cooked a lot. I cook a little less now. But I race more. Life is good. Welcome to my planet!